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runminton/pi-grok-mermaid — explained in plain English

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tl;dr

A Pi terminal assistant extension that renders Mermaid diagrams as readable Unicode art in the terminal, reusing a diagram renderer borrowed from xAI Grok Build.

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  root((pi-grok-mermaid))
    What it does
      Renders Mermaid diagrams
      Unicode terminal art
      Falls back safely
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      WebAssembly renderer
    Use cases
      View flowcharts in terminal
      Sequence and class diagrams
      AI generated diagrams
    Lineage
      Based on Grok Build
      Simon Willison extraction
    Audience
      Pi tool users

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

See flowcharts and sequence diagrams drawn as readable art directly in the Pi terminal instead of raw code.

VIBE 2

View class diagrams and entity relationship diagrams from AI generated Mermaid code without leaving the terminal.

VIBE 3

Fall back safely to plain text code blocks when a diagram cannot be rendered.

VIBE 4

Extend Pi with additional display features without touching how the AI model itself behaves.

what's the stack?

TypeScriptWebAssembly

how it stacks up fr

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Stars555
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Last pushed2025-03-29
MaintenanceStale
Setup difficultyeasymoderateeasy
Complexity2/52/52/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Requires the Pi terminal assistant tool already installed to use this extension.

The vendored diagram renderer can be used freely, including commercially, as long as you keep the required attribution notices.

in plain english

This project is an extension for Pi, a terminal based AI assistant tool, that makes Mermaid diagrams show up as readable Unicode diagrams right inside the terminal, instead of just showing raw diagram code as plain text. Mermaid is a common way of describing charts and flowcharts using simple text syntax, and normally a terminal cannot draw those as pictures, it can only show the underlying code. This extension fixes that specifically for Pi. The actual diagram drawing logic is not new work by this project. It comes from xAI's open source Grok Build tool, which already knows how to turn Mermaid text into box style Unicode art inside its own terminal interface. A separate developer, Simon Willison, pulled that specific piece out of Grok Build and compiled it into a standalone WebAssembly module so it could run anywhere, including in a browser. This project takes that same WebAssembly module and wires it into Pi's terminal display, so what was built for one tool now works inside another. Only the visual display layer of Pi is touched. The underlying assistant messages, saved session files, and how the AI model sees the conversation are left completely unchanged, so nothing about how Pi actually works is affected, only how certain diagrams are drawn on screen. If the diagram cannot be rendered for any reason, Pi simply falls back to showing the code as normal text, so nothing breaks. Supported diagram types include flowcharts, sequence diagrams, state diagrams, class diagrams, and entity relationship diagrams. Diagrams that are too wide for the terminal, or diagram types the underlying renderer does not support, fall back to showing the plain text version framed as a code block. You install it through Pi's own extension system, either from npm or directly from GitHub, then restart or reload Pi. It is written in TypeScript, and the vendored diagram renderer itself is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license, with full attribution details kept in the project's vendor folder.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Walk me through installing pi-grok-mermaid into my Pi setup using npm.
prompt 2
Explain how pi-grok-mermaid reuses the Mermaid renderer originally built for Grok Build.
prompt 3
Show me which Mermaid diagram types this extension supports and which fall back to plain text.
prompt 4
Explain what parts of Pi this extension does and does not change.

Frequently asked questions

what is pi-grok-mermaid fr?

A Pi terminal assistant extension that renders Mermaid diagrams as readable Unicode art in the terminal, reusing a diagram renderer borrowed from xAI Grok Build.

What language is pi-grok-mermaid written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, WebAssembly.

What license does pi-grok-mermaid use?

The vendored diagram renderer can be used freely, including commercially, as long as you keep the required attribution notices.

How hard is pi-grok-mermaid to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is pi-grok-mermaid for?

Mainly developer.

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